[or-roots] Barnes in OR (was Sandy River smelt)

[phillips]

Midge,

The town of Gresham Oregon has a road named Barnes.  Gresham is between
Troutdale and Sandy and yes, the Smelt still do run.  Some years are better
than others.  Anyway, the Gresham Historical Society may have some
information you could look into for the name.  Go to
http://community.gorge.net/ghs/  Hope this helps.  If you cant get anywhere
with this sight, the historical society is about a mile from my home so I
could try to look anything up for you.
Stacie

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Oregon would be where Prineville is.  Northeast of Bend, south of the The
Dalles.
Elisha Barnes, my gggrandfather (b abt 1826 KY-?)  married my gggrandmother,
Susannah Toomey Glenn in 1848 and they headed to the California gold hills
and
then up to Oregon.  They were in Lane County for a while, then one day
Elisha
tramped east across the mountains (what is now Santiam Pass) with six
friends
to discover good grazing for their stock.  They moved their families over
and
established the town of Prineville.

His parents were James Barnes and Susan Copple.  I think they were KY, IN,
MO
people - but don't know how long they were in KY or where James' family was
from.
Anything sound familiar?   Where in Oregon did your Barnes settle?  Sounds
like at least some of them ended up east of Portland (Sandy area).  Elisha's
daughter, Eva lived in Portland and the surrounding areas also.  Eva was my
great
grandmother.
MIdge
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